The Year In Butter
Everything we loved in 2023, all in one place —plus our final Butters of the year!
If we can all agree on anything, I think we can agree that 2023 was a real doozy of a year. And yet, it was also the year we learned the anthem for cancelling plans. So let’s close it out by taking a moment to reminisce about all the things that we (and all of our beloved 2023 podcast guests!) appreciated this year.
The 2023 Big List of Butter
Nicole Byer’s Standup & Taskmaster (Ep. 76 Aubrey Gordon)
Reruns of Murder She Wrote (Ep. 76 Aubrey Gordon)
Zeelool, Zenni, & VoogueMe Glasses (Ep. 79 Dominic Bradley)
The artist Favianna Rodriguez (Ep. 79 Dominic Bradley)
A fuzzy sweater, actual butter, being warm, and slightly hibernating (Ep. 80 Lauren Leavell)
Having a friend who will both enable and talk you out of stress-related shopping (Ep. 80 Lauren Leavell)
How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water & Sort Of on HBO (Ep. 81 Debra Benfield)
In-person book clubs (Ep. 81 Debra Benfield)
Glennon Doyle’s podcast, specifically the episode with Sonya Renee Taylor (Ep. 82 Indulgence Gospel)
Thelma & Louise (Episode 84 Indulgence Gospel)
All That Breathes (Episode 84 Indulgence Gospel)
Pottery Classes (Episode 85 Chrissy King)
Tater tots in the Air Fryer (Episode 87 Jessica Wilson)
Trouble Cookies from the Mother Grains cookbook (Episode 89 Indulgence Gospel)
Breaking up with underwire bras and True & Co bras (Episode 89 Indulgence Gospel)
Severance on AppleTV (Ep. 92 with Christy Harrison)
Love Is a Revolution by Renee Watson (Ep. 92 with Christy Harrison)
_____ Is a Breakfast Food by Marjory Sweet (Ep. 93 Indulgence Gospel)
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren and The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon (Ep. 93 Indulgence Gospel)
Midnight Diner on Netflix and Wondermine (Ep. 94 Tigress Osborn)
Season 2 of Somebody Somewhere (Ep. 94 Tigress Osborn)
Tom Wambsgans on Succession and the artist Madeline Donahue (Ep. 95 Cole Kazdin)
Fat artist Lindsey Guile (Ep. 95 Cole Kazdin)
Black Girl Sunscreen, Hoka shoes, Slow AF Run Club Merch (Ep. 97 Martinus Evans)
Taking those recovery periods when you need them (Ep. 97 Martinus Evans)
Jalapeno jelly from Weed Family Orchards and The Whispers by Ashley Audrain (Ep. 98 Jo Piazza)
Cloud Cuckoo Land and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, and hiking with my kids (Ep. 99 Kyle Ganson)
A cookie and book date (Ep. 99 Kyle Ganson)
Cucumber lime gatorade and Nuun electrolyte tablets (Ep. 100 Indulgence Gospel)
TBR cart featuring a totally reasonable and achievable pile of books to be read. This little cart from Target for art supplies or all the books you haven’t read yet (Ep. 100 Indulgence Gospel)
Birthday trees (Ep. 101 Laura Thomas)
Eating breakfast outside (Ep. 101 Laura Thomas)
Going to the local ice cream place with my kids (Ep. 102 Laura Thomas)
Fat planter from CTOAN (Ep. 103 Indulgence Gospel)
Pammy Blouse from Fashion Brand Company (Ep. 103 Indulgence Gospel)
Throw pillows from Anchal Project (Ep. 104 Anne Helen Petersen)
Tattoos, particularly the tattoo shop Guts'n Glory in Rosendale (Ep. 105 Lindsey Guile)
Valiant by Lindsey Guile “Valiant” by Lindsey Guile from the “Unapologetic” series (Ep. 105 Lindsey Guile)
Getting back into ceramics (Ep. 106 Mary Carney)
Jumpsuit from Universal Standard (Ep. 106 Mary Carney)
Renovating a dollhouse (Ep. 107 Indulgence Gospel)
Super Socks from Shiny By Nature (Ep. 107 Indulgence Gospel)
Justin’s Chocolate Almond Butter (Ep. 108 Amy Palanjian)
Having popsicles and ice cream on hand at all times and graphic novels (Ep. 110 Phoebe Wahl)
Phoebe Wahl’s I don’t care about your diet sticker and dahlias (Ep. 110 Phoebe Wahl)
Pageboy, Elliot Page’s autobiography (Ep. 111 Devorah Heitner)
A Jo Malone scent called Nectarine Blossom and Honey (Ep. 112 Katy Geraghty)
Friendship and ignoring your children (Ep. 112 Katy Geraghty)
Blluemade hat (Ep. 113 Indulgence Gospel)
Virginia’s favorite sun hat and Griefcatpartytime on Instagram (Ep. 113 Indulgence Gospel)
Feelin by Bettina Judd (Ep. 114 Mecca Jamilah Sullivan)
Afternoon naps and fuzzy sweatshirts (Ep. 115 Christine Yu)
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill (Ep. 115 Christine Yu)
Falling down the Sarah J. Maas hole (Ep. 116 Farideh)
A Lady's Guide to Fortune-Hunting and A Lady's Guide to Scandal (Ep. 116 Farideh)
The color pink and the economy being boosted by Taylor Swift, Beyonce, and Barbie fans (Ep. 117 Vashti Harrison)
Heavyweight, the podcast (Ep. 119 Leigh Kamping-Carder)
The Good Place and rewatching shows with your kid (Ep. 119 Leigh Kamping-Carder)
The Dos and Donuts of Love, The No-Girlfriend Rule, a sticker club subscription from Liberal Jane, Phoebe Wahl washi tape, the Nalgona Positivity Pride shop, Love It!: 234 Inspirations and Activities to Help You Love Your Body (Ep. 121 Crystal Maldonado)
Snacking Bakes, Phoebe Wahl stickers, this very cute Gilmore Girls Stars Hollow blanket, (Ep. 121 Crystal Maldonado)
Britney’s book, The Woman in Me (Ep. 122 Jessie Diaz-Herrera)
Strength training, like Lauren Leavell’s workouts (Ep. 122 Jessie Diaz-Herrera)
Set of six stackable laundry baskets (Ep. 123 Indulgence Gospel)
Slow Horses on AppleTV (Ep. 123 Indulgence Gospel)
Corinne’s One Last Butter for 2023
We had a huge rainstorm in Maine this week and lost power for a day—which is way too long when it starts getting dark at 3pm. I was about to light some of these made in Maine candles when our lights came back on, but they come in such beautiful colors that I’m already plotting what colors to bring back to New Mexico with me.
Virginia’s One Last Butter for 2023
There are several blank walls in my house now, and I’m having so much fun filling them back up— sometimes with giant art, but also with smaller pieces. A new-to-me artist is Katie Craig. I scored this beauty in her Black Friday sale and just hung it up, but she has a million gorgeous paintings, and more budget-friendly prints. I will take all the stripes please!
Butter for all! Happy holidays!
I read “A Good House For Children” based on AHP’s butter rec and it did NOT disappoint! Thanks for all the butter this year ❤️